This Day in History
Today: September 16, 2026
681
Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
1400
Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620
Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.[1]
1701
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
1776
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
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